1333 ([return])
[ The end of October or beginning of November.]
1334 ([return])
[ July-August.]
1335 ([return])
[ i.e. untimely, premature. Juvenal similarly speaks of ‘cruda senectus’ (caused by gluttony).]
1336 ([return])
[ The thought is parallel to that of ‘O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath.’]
1337 ([return])
[ The ‘common feast’ is one to which all present subscribe. Theognis (line 495) says that one of the chief pleasures of a banquet is the general conversation. Hence the present passage means that such a feast naturally costs little, while the many present will make pleasurable conversation.]